The Hermetic shelf gathers the public texts, source dossiers, and support pages currently held under this tradition room. Use this page as a doorway into the shelf rather than as a complete history of the tradition.
Main Doorways
- Agrippa — De Occulta Philosophia holds 1 public texts or support pages. Start with Agrippa — De Occulta Philosophia.
- Ficino — Corpus Hermeticum holds 13 public texts or support pages. Start with Ficino's Corpus Hermeticum — Book II, Ficino's Corpus Hermeticum — Book III, Ficino's Corpus Hermeticum — Book IV.
- General Texts holds 49 public texts or support pages. Start with A Hundred and Fourteen Experiments and Cures, Alchemical Catechism, An Alchemical Mass.
- Grimoires and Ritual Magic holds historical grimoire and ritual-magic texts that are not modern Aquarian revival material. Start with Hermetic/Grimoires and Ritual Magic/The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage — S.L. MacGregor Mathers, Hermetic/Grimoires and Ritual Magic/The Key of Solomon the King — S. Liddell MacGregor Mathers, and Hermetic/Grimoires and Ritual Magic/The Lesser Key of Solomon — Mathers and Crowley.
Suggested Use
Begin with the introduction if one is present, then move into the rooms or individual texts listed above. For technical terms, names, and recurring concepts, use the local glossary on this shelf together with the central Good Works Glossary.